Prepare /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Prepared; p. pr. & vb. n. Preparing

1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.

   Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light.

2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.

   That they may prepare a city for habitation.

1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.
2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

1. Preparation. [Obs.]